According to a Bloomberg report, the U.S. Commerce
Department preliminarily set tariffs on imports of steel pipes
from eight countries, though not including South Korea, one of
the biggest exporters of tubes to the United States.

"There was expectation that South Korea would be included,
which would have been good news," a Paris-based trader said.

At 0810 GMT, the FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European
shares was down 0.1 percent at 1,335.68 points, while the euro
zone Euro STOXX 50 index was down 0.3 percent at
3,109.16 points.
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